2009年2月24日星期二

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Yahoo! News: Europe News

Reds turn to Europe, but Real ready to rock Santiago in Champions League (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 11:30 PM CST

Bayern Munich players jog during their training session at Alvalade Stadium in Lisbon, on February 24, on the eve of their Champions League football match against Sporting Lisbon.(AFP/Francisco Leong)AFP - Liverpool's reputation for turning on the style in Europe face the acid test on Wednesday when they play on-form Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium.

British minister targeted by Internet fraudsters: report (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:58 PM CST

British Justice Secretary Jack Straw (seen here in 2008) was targeted by Internet fraudsters who sent e-mails to his contacts claiming he was in need of emergency money while on a foreign trip, according to a report.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - British Justice Secretary Jack Straw was targeted by Internet fraudsters who sent e-mails to his contacts claiming he was in need of emergency money while on a foreign trip, according to a report.

Turkish politician defies law with Kurdish speech (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:43 PM CST

Ahmet Turk, the leader of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party or DTP, makes a speech in Kurdish in open defiance of Turkish laws, as he addresses his party members at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. Ahmet Turk's speech in Kurdish could be used by a prosecutor as new evidence to shut down the party on charges of alleged ties to Kurdish rebels. (AP Photo)AP - The leader of Turkey's Kurdish lawmakers startled the country Tuesday by addressing Parliament in his native language, breaking the law in a nation that has tried for decades to keep a firm grip on the restive minority amid fears of national division.

One goal will win it for us, warns Wenger (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 09:38 PM CST

Arsenal's Dutch forward Robin van Persie celebrates after scoring a penalty against AS Roma during their Champions League first knockout round football match, at Emirates stadium in London. Arsenal won 1-0.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - Arsene Wenger has warned Roma that Arsenal only need one goal to book their place in the Champions League quarter-finals.

GM Europe workers urged to rally for jobs (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 08:49 PM CST

A Vauxhall car for sale outside a showroom near Liverpool, north west England. Unions representing European staff of US auto giant General Motors (GM) called on workers to protest Thursday in a bid to save their jobs and call for state aid.(AFP/File/Paul Ellis)AFP - Unions representing European staff of US auto giant General Motors (GM) called on workers to protest Thursday in a bid to save their jobs and call for state aid.

Aussie car thief caught trapped in target vehicle (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 07:36 PM CST

Reuters - A bungling Australian car thief was nabbed after accidentally locking himself in the vehicle he was trying to steal, police said on Wednesday.

Tube chief quits to return to US (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 07:28 PM CST

Commuters on the platform at Aldgate underground station in London. The American head of London's Underground train network has quit, the public transport body said Wednesday.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - The American head of London's Underground train network has quit, the public transport body said Wednesday.

Brown to address US Congress March 4 (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 06:04 PM CST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown, seen here on February 22, 2009, will deliver a speech to a joint session of the US Congress on March 4, House Democratic Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced Tuesday.(AFP/DDP/File/Axel Schmidt)AFP - Prime Minister Gordon Brown will deliver his first speech to a joint session of the US Congress on March 4, Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a statement Tuesday.

Former Guantanamo detainee arrested at London airport (AFP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 06:02 PM CST

In this photo reviewed by the US Military, a guard works at Guantanamo's Camp 6 detention center at the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, January 21, 2009. A Qatari man held at Guantanamo Bay until last year was detained at London's Heathrow Airport Tuesday on his way to visit a human rights lawyer.(AFP/Pool/File/Brennan Linsley)AFP - A Qatari man held at Guantanamo Bay until last year was detained at London's Heathrow Airport Tuesday on his way to visit a human rights lawyer.

Relics of the Black Death era put on show in UK (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 04:39 PM CST

AP - Medieval silver vessels, historic coins and glittering jewelry believed to have been hidden by Jews who feared persecution as the Black Death raged through 14th Century Europe have gone on display in London.

Diplomats: Syria puts missile facility on hit site (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 03:24 PM CST

AP - Syria has revealed that it has built a missile facility over the ruins of what the U.S. says was a nuclear reactor destroyed by Israel warplanes, diplomats said Tuesday.

Mystery ends: Agatha Christie's country home opens (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 03:09 PM CST

In this photo released by the National Trust, the English holiday home where mystery writer Agatha Christie spent her summers and entertained guests with readings from her thrillers is seen in Galmpton, Devon, southwest England, Feb. 20, 2009. Craftspeople have worked for two years to restore the house, Greenway, to gleaming 1950s condition. The rooms remain much as they were when the writer lived there, complete with books, papers, boxes of chocolates and bunches of flowers. (AP Photo/Mark Passmore, National Trust)AP - The house has everything an Agatha Christie fan could want — except a body in the library.

Paris appeals court acquits ex-Guantanamo inmates (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 02:50 PM CST

This is a July 3, 2006 file photo of defendant Nizar Sassi, left, leaving the Paris courthouse where six French men who were held at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay go on trial for suspected links to terrorism, July 3, 2006. A Paris appeals court on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009 overturned five men's terror convictions, ruling that French intelligence officials improperly questioned them while they were detained at the U.S. prison in Guantanamo Bay. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon, File)AP - A Paris appeals court on Tuesday overturned the terrorism convictions of five former detainees at Guantanamo Bay, ruling French police agents were out of line in questioning them at the U.S. prison camp.

Sweden-Israel Davis Cup to go ahead without fans (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 02:22 PM CST

AP - A Davis Cup tennis match between Sweden and Israel will go ahead without spectators after an attempt to move the venue to Stockholm fell through, organizers said Tuesday.

UK blocks publication of Iraq war discussions (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 02:21 PM CST

Iraqi army soldiers patrol Mosul in 2008. A US soldier was killed and three others were wounded in a shooting at an Iraqi police station in the northern city of Mosul, the American military said on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Ali Yussef)AP - Britain's justice secretary overturned an order on Tuesday that would have forced the government to make public the formal minutes of two contentious Cabinet discussions held before the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.

Sweden's future queen to marry personal trainer (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 02:13 PM CST

In this Aug. 9, 2003 file photo, Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her boyfriend Daniel Westling walk together as they arrive for a friend's wedding at Gammelkil, outside the Swedish town of Linkoping. Swedish media was speculating Tuesday Feb. 24, 2009, that Sweden's King Carl XVI Gustav is about to inform the government of the couple's engagement.(AP Photo/Lasse Hejdenberg, Scanpix, file)AP - They met at the gym. Seven years later Sweden's Crown Princess Victoria and her former personal trainer Daniel Westling told the world they are engaged to be married.

Conspiracy charge dropped against US soldier (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 01:12 PM CST

AP - The U.S. Army said Tuesday it has dropped a conspiracy to commit premeditated murder charge against an American soldier accused of taking part in the killing of four blindfolded Iraqi detainees in Baghdad.

Russian tycoon transferred to Moscow for trial (AP)

Posted: 24 Feb 2009 12:57 PM CST

In this June 16, 2004 file photo, former Yukos oil company CEO Mikhail Khodorkovsky seen behind bars at a courtroom, at the start of a trial in Moscow. Jailed former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been transferred from his Siberian prison to Moscow for a new trial, a court official and lawyers said Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2009. (AP Photo/Teodor Kustov, File)AP - Russian oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been transferred from his Siberian prison to Moscow for a new trial, a court official and lawyers said Tuesday.

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